Major Error in Pikeville

Major Error in Pikeville

A Poem by ed purchla
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15  stensibly, there ----- have been screaming,
3    ertainly, if so, it fell on deaf ears.
20  he ----- of ----- son is what did ----- in,
1    s grief brought illness, a deep sleep ensued.
22  ery limited ----- medicine then,
9    n a brief time, ----- ----- was pronounced, and 
1    cquiescence suffused ----- husband's face. 

8    owever, when ----- began to fall,
1    kin to ----- suffering she had borne,
20  he husband started to doubt ----- -----'s fate,
3    ontemplating why ----- got better.
8    aving ----- exhumed revealed ----- horror:
5    scape failed, bloody claw marks, torn lining,
18  emnants of awakening underground.

15  ccasions such as these were rarely seen,
18  ather, people used bell-bearing coffins.
4   espite ----- fact that James ----- afford it,
5   ndorsing ----- doctor’s word ----- ----- way.
1   following ----- son, ----- ----- so close,
12  eft alone, ----- felt forever guilty.



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